31.   He had narrowed his choice of semi-permanent residences in L.A. to an agreeable few and was looking forward to many more summers of high expectations and low humidity.

32.   He narrowed his choices to a trio of high-tech companies.

33.   He has narrowed his choices to the Rangers, Colorado Rockies and the Cleveland Indians.

34.   He has narrowed his choices to Oklahoma, USC and Michigan.

35.   He has narrowed his choices to UCLA and USC.

36.   He has narrowed his choices to USC and San Diego State.

37.   His coach, Wes Jones, said Owens has narrowed his choices to ASU, Houston and Texas Tech.

38.   His agent, Bill Strickland, said Monday that Fox had narrowed his choices to Cleveland and New York, and had eliminated Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Atlanta.

39.   His choices recently were narrowed to the Raiders and the Seattle Seahawks.

40.   Humphrey has narrowed his choices to Kansas, USC and Michigan.